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07-28-2011, 03:50 PM
Ervin Santana was on, and delivered a no-hitter and a 3-1 win for the Los Angeles Angels against the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday afternoon, 27 July. This was the first no-hitter in the seven-year career of the 28-year-old right-hander.
Cleveland got a run in the opening inning, only thanks to an error. That and an eighth-inning walk to Lonnie Chisenhall were the only blemishes for Santana, who retired 22 straight after Carrera reached and struck out five of the last eight he faced. He struck out 10 on the day for an almost perfect day on the field.
The Los Angeles Times highlights that Santana got better as the game went on, getting five of the last seven outs on strikeouts and throwing 105 pitches, 76 for strikes.
It was the first complete-game no-hitter by an Angel since Mike Witt's perfect game in 1984 and the third in the major leagues this season.
This is the first no-hitter in the 18-year history of Progressive Field. It was there that Santana had his first start in the Major Leagues, in 2005 by giving up a triple, double, single and homerun to the first four batters he faced.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0728-angels-ervin-santana-20110728,0,7783814.story
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#18)
Cleveland got a run in the opening inning, only thanks to an error. That and an eighth-inning walk to Lonnie Chisenhall were the only blemishes for Santana, who retired 22 straight after Carrera reached and struck out five of the last eight he faced. He struck out 10 on the day for an almost perfect day on the field.
The Los Angeles Times highlights that Santana got better as the game went on, getting five of the last seven outs on strikeouts and throwing 105 pitches, 76 for strikes.
It was the first complete-game no-hitter by an Angel since Mike Witt's perfect game in 1984 and the third in the major leagues this season.
This is the first no-hitter in the 18-year history of Progressive Field. It was there that Santana had his first start in the Major Leagues, in 2005 by giving up a triple, double, single and homerun to the first four batters he faced.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0728-angels-ervin-santana-20110728,0,7783814.story
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#18)